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Korean War
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100

Who was the Communist leader of the Soviet Union through WWII and the Korean War?

Joesph Stalin
100

What is the economic system that stresses government ownership of industry, economic equality, classless society, and the government control of the means of profits of production? 


Communism
100

On which day and year did North Korea invade South Korea? 



June 25th, 1950
100

How much aide did the U.S. give to Europe with the Marshall Plan?

13 Billion
200

Who was the communist leader of North Korea during the Korean War?

Kim Il Sung

200

What was the name given to the indirect but hostile conflict between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. that started right after WWII?

Cold War
200

How long did the stalemate last during the Korean War?

2 years
200

Which industry was targeted for supposedly having a large number of communists in it?

Hollywood
300

Who was the leader of South Korea during the Korean War?



Syngman Rhee

300

What are countries dependent upon and dominated by the USSR (Soviet Union)?

Satellite Nations
300

What latitudinal line separates North Korea and South Korea?

38th Parallel 
300

What was the name given to the 10 directors, writers, and actors blacklisted from Hollywood till the 1960's for suspected communism?


The Hollywood Ten
400

Who was the leader of South Korea during the Korean War?

Who was the leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party (he fled to Taiwan after the Chinese Communist Revolution)?

Chiang Kai-shek

400

What is the doctrine or policy that believes the best way to deter aggression is to threaten a potential aggressor with devastation by atomic bombs (Eisenhower's Cold War Policy)?

Massive Retaliation
400
Near which river did 300,000 Chinese troops attack UN forces, successfully driving UN forces southward?

Yalu River, China

400

NATO, a military alliance signed by the U.S. and other European countries, is short for what?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
500

Who was the communist leader in China (he took control of mainland China after the Chinese Communist Revolution)?

Mao Zedong
500

What is an act or policy of restricting the territorial growth or ideological influence of another, especially a hostile nation (Truman's Cold War policy)?

Containment
500

Which country occupied Korea before and during WWII?

Japan
500

What is the name given to the treaty signed in Poland by the Soviet Union and seven other satellite nations during the Cold War? 


Warsaw Pact
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